Was Paul Mistaken?
To readers who have been impressed with the exquisite courtesy and consummate skill of Paul's address at Athens, it comes as a shock to learn that some Bible students have seriously suggested that it was in fact a great mistake....
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Paul’s Journeys & God’s Guidance
The general extent and purpose of Paul's missionary journeys appears in Romans 15:18-24: "From Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ," with the ambition that as many as possible of those who had...
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The Language of Hands and Eyes
While Luke is very sparing of personal details, he gives us some few hints about Paul's physical characteristics as bearing on his moral influence. As an orator, he evidently used a good deal of gesture with his hands; for example,...
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What Paul Prayed For
"That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death" (Phil. 3:10). Note these expressions: "Christ," I want to know "Him." And this is how he wanted to...
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Of Dogs and Men
We took a few hours at the end of a busy Saturday to take our younger children for a little boat cruise on the Kalamazoo River at the quaint town of Saugatuck, MI. As the little paddle steamer edged from...
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Naphtali, Gad & Asher
The second son of Bilhah, Rachel's maid, was named "my wrestling" by Rachel to signify the rivalry between herself and Leah for the place of honor in Jacob's house (Gen. 30:7-8). In Genesis 49, Jacob, who frequently associates his sons'...
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Zebulun, Issachar & Dan
Jacob's prediction concerning Zebulun takes us back to this expression at his birth, for though a different word is used in the original for dwelling, the meaning is the same: "Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the seas, and...
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Judah & Benjamin
Judah was Leah's fourth son and, at his birth, she declared, "Now will I praise the Lord, therefore she called his name Judah," which means "praise" (Gen. 29:35). On this occasion the neglected woman apparently lost sight of her complaint...
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Reuben, Simeon & Levi
Sketching the career of Reuben as a man and as a tribe, there is nothing that we can take hold of till we come to the act for which his dying father rebuked him so pointedly. Jacob knew his son...
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